Math

We are LOVING the color coding while building better answers in our class. Seriously. If you have been reading my blog, you know I use this strategy a lot ... and I've sung its praises often here. I've been building better answers with color coding in reading for over two years, but I've just recently started to color code our math answers, as well. I actually wrote about color coding our math responses earlier this year (you can see it HERE), but after creating my "Building Better...

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If you have seen our 5 Ways to Play and Learn with Easter Eggs post, you know that I think they are great learning tools. There are so many...

Today I thought I would share with you a fun little math game that the oldest Mister and I created based on an activity I had originally done with the babycakes. For the big kids it became Muffin Tin Math! Mr. A looooves all things math. This was a HUGE hit! It could be scaled down …

If you know me, you know I am in loooove with Daily 5! Ever since incorporating it into my classroom last year, I have loved seeing the variety of skills and strategies my students are working on each and every day. I also love that the segments are short, so we all stay motivated and the energy for learning stays high. I have been wanting to redo how I teach math for a while. As a student, I truly adore mathematics, but as a teacher, I was getting bored. Our district was looking into...

UPDATE: Here is yet another post on division due to the fact I see people showing how to use base ten blocks that are less effective than they could be. This one includes the #1 video hit for division with base ten blocks. UPDATE: Divinely Dandy non Difficult Division is DONE! (See below.) There is now an in-depth post at The House Of Math about Long Division With Base Ten Blocks. Long Division. Not well loved among students. It's EASY if you understand the concepts. And here we will add a...

Yesterday we spent the afternoon blowing up balloons and decorating for our church’s Family Game Night. It was a HUGE success with 285 parents and kids playingall types of board games, Wii, Legos and Pictionary! We stuffed ourselves with Lou Malnati’s pizza (a Chicago institution), salad, brownies, chocolate chunk cookies, water, juice and soda pop. It was...

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Living in America, it's hard to teach the metric system to middle schoolers and get them to understand, have them realize how important learning it is.I used to teach this very straight-forwardly, but in a creative mood, I compiled this math lab and have been quite pleased with the results and the kids seem to have a BLAST too! I usually do this lab AFTER introducing the metric system so students know how to convert within the system first. Time Allotment: at least 1 hour, if you do not want...

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